Let's Get Ready to Read! Join the Libary's First 100 Stories & Songs Challenge
December 22, 2014 — Do you know that singing and reading to children beginning at birth gets them ready to learn to read?
Every time you sing a nursery rhyme, talk about the pictures in a board book, or tell a goodnight story to your infant or toddler, it enhances brain development! They are learning so much, long before they can even talk!
The Library's new early literacy program, First 100 Stories & Songs, provides tips for reading and singing to your baby or toddler.
It’s easy to get started – visit any Library branch to pick up your First 100 Stories & Songs Track One sheet. You’ll find helpful early literacy tips at each level, and before you know it, you will have completed your first 25 songs and stories!
Each time you complete another 25 stories and songs, you can track your progress on a “race track” poster at the Library.
When you have finished the program, you’ll receive a beautiful First 100 Stories & Songs certificate, perfect for placing in your baby book!
The program begins January 2, 2015 – but you don’t have to wait until then. Begin singing and reading to your baby today!